Tag Archives: Pension

Is Your Pension Benefit Check Correct?

Your claim for pension benefits has been approved! A check came in the mail from your pension plan. You open it, look at the amount of your monthly benefit, and wonder how the dollar amount was calculated. You shrug and … Continue reading

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Plaintiffs Seek Class Action Status for Pension Overstatement Claims Against Northrop Grumman and Hewitt/Alight

An amended complaint filed March 29 in Bafford, et al. v. Northrop Grumman Corp., et al., alleges that Northrop Grumman and its outside administrator, Hewitt Associates LLC (now known as Alight Solutions LLC), violated federal and state law by persistently overstating … Continue reading

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Excessed educator claims back pay, benefits and pension credit based on the appointing authority's alleged failure to reinstate her from the preferred eligible list

The genesis of this appeal to the Commissioner of Education was a notice sent to petitioner [Appellant] that her elementary tenure area position would be abolished effective July 1, 2003 and that her name would be placed on a preferred … Continue reading

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Arbitrator: City ordinance could not modify firefighters pension plan set forth in cba

Arbitrator Michel Ryan has upheld a grievance filed by IAFF Local 2748 against the City of Warwick, RI. (here) The grievance asserted that the City had unilaterally modified the firefighter's pension plan through passage of a City ordinance creating a two … Continue reading

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What Pension Changes Mean for Divorcing Military Personnel

In 2017, National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) made a radical change to the way states divide the military pensions of divorcing spouses. Before the NDAA, states had the discretion of dividing pensions of divorcing military personnel as they saw fit. … Continue reading

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